Brandon Flowers

When Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente hired him last year to replace outgoing defensive backs coach Torrian Gray and take over as the Hokies' cornerbacks coach, Mitchell was generally aware of the program's sustained success developing defensive backs. He just wasn't familiar with Tech's self-acclaimed "DBU" moniker.

After he heard it for the first time in relation to Tech's defensive back history, it didn't take him long to figure out what DBU meant. His current crop of cornerbacks, led by the talented trio of Brandon Facyson, Greg Stroman and Adonis Alexander, may have assisted in Mitchell's education, but he...

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